New Delhi, May 5: Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar has said that the special court verdict in the infamous Delhi bus gangrape case is expected by this month end.
"The trial of December 16 case is almost 90 per cent complete and judgment is expected by the end of May", he told Rajat Sharma's show Aap Ki Adalat telecast on India TV..
Kumar ruled out his resignation saying: "I am no among those who run away. I am the leader of the force and till the time, the government has trust in me, I shall continue to lead. I am not a man to run away."
(Main aise sitution se bhagne walon mein se nahi hoon. Main force ka leader hoon and jab tak sarkar ka mujh par vishwas hai, main lead karta rahoonga. Main madan chhodkar nahi bhagunga.)
The Delhi Police chief said, the December 16 gangrape incident cannot be compared with the rape of a 5-year-old girl by two persons in Gandhi Nagar, as the first incident took place inside a moving bus and the second took place inside a house.
He rejected the charge that the local police had offered Rs 2,000 to the victim's parents to hush up the case in the Gandhi Nagar incident. "This incident (offer of money) took place at the hospital. A report was promptly registered by the women helpdesk after which a case was lodged. I admit the follow-up action was not up to the mark for which we suspended the SHO and IO in the case."
Kumar said there was no question of "hushing up" the case, as NGOs were informed about the incident. "Media was also present there. How could we have hushed up?"
On the charge of inaction by police levelled by the bus gangrape victim's male friend, Kumar said: "Whatever her male friend said during an interview to the media, he has said the opposite in the court. This is absolutely wrong and it has been proven in the inquiry that police helped the girl, even as the public surrounding the victim did not come forward to help."
About the common perception that women are not safe in Delhi, Kumar said: "We are taking all necessary steps to make them feel secure and now girls are confident enough to walk into a police station to register their complaint".
Asked about Amitabh Bachchan's tweet that the rapists of the 5-year-old were animals and they should be handed over to the public, Kumar said: "People believe that these criminals should not go through the normal legal process and should be immediately punished as is done in the Middle-East. But this is not possible in India as every criminal has to go through the legal procedure. "
On the demand for death to criminals committing heinous crimes, the police chief said, " many criminals have been hanged for murders and terrorism but has this brought an end to such crimes? The law punishes criminals but if we start assuming that this will stop crimes, this will not be correct."
Kumar said there have been phenomenal changes in the Delhi Police after the December 16 bus gang-rape
" One such step is setting up off women help desks at police stations which are functional round the clock where females can register their complaints.
"Instructions have been given to these women officials that their complaints should be recorded verbatim and a copy of that should be given to them. There should be no tutoring.
"We have noticed a huge difference after this service commenced as there is a 158 per cent increase in rape case registration, 600 per cent in molestation cases and 700 per cent in eve-teasing cases.
"These numbers are not indicative of rising crimes but it shows women are now confident about going to police stations where a woman officer hears them and register their complaints", Kumar said.
Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar in Aap Ki Adalat show will be telecast on Sunday (May 5 ) at 10 pm on India TV.
